Purdy v. Loew's St. Louis Realty & Amusement Corp.

* Corpus Juris-Cyc. References: Evidence, 23CJ, p. 59, n. 22; Negligence, 29Cyc, p. 453, n. 86; p. 630, n. 47, 50; p. 632, n. 57; p. 639, n. 4; Theaters and Shows, 38Cyc, p. 268, n. 55; p. 269, n. 59; p. 270, n. 65 New; p. 271, n. 71. The plaintiff, a widow, aged sixty-five, brought this suit to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by her on August 22, 1924, when she was caused to fall by a step or offset in an alleyway maintained by the defendant as a means of exit from its theatre. The trial, with a jury, resulted in a verdict and judgment, in favor of plaintiff for $2100, and…